CVE-2014-3966

EPSS 0.32%

mediawiki - security update

Published: 6/6/2014Modified: 3/9/2026

Also known as:DSA-2957-1DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3966

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Special:PasswordReset in MediaWiki before 1.19.16, 1.21.x before 1.21.10, and 1.22.x before 1.22.7, when wgRawHtml is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an invalid username.

Affected packages (2)

Debian/mediawikifrom 0, < 1:1.19.16+dfsg-1
Debian/mediawikifrom 0, < 1:1.19.16+dfsg-0+deb7u1

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3966